Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

State of Montana, a Montana trial court ruled that the state Constitution’s guarantee of a healthy and clean environment prevails over Montana’s longstanding fossil-fuel-based state energy system. legal history. Despite the Held plaintiffs’ dramatic legal victory, the case is far from over.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

I was joined by Ocean Conservancy colleagues working to advance ocean-climate action. In order to reduce emissions, we must phase out fossil fuels—oil, coal and gas—and move towards renewable energy and less plastic and petrochemical production since these products, so dangerous as ocean pollutants, are made from oil.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

2, 3, 4 [Unless Sooner Recalled] -- Committee Schedule House next voting day September 26, 27; October 2, 3, 4, 16 [Unless Sooner Recalled] -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY, THURSDAY: Penn State's 2023 Ag Progress Days. “Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” Senate next voting day September 18, 19, 20; Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2023

“Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” Senate next voting day August 30; September 18, 19, 20; Oct. Allegheny County -- WTAE: 4.0 Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” Senate next voting day August 30; September 18, 19, 20; Oct. Allegheny County -- WTAE: 4.0

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2023

Capitol Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: January 28, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2023

15 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN] -- Bucks County Herald: Heritage Conservancy Brings Wildlife Tracking, Tree Guardianship To Bristol Twp. Haddock -- EPA/DOE Award DEP $44.4 Residents Concerned About Proposed Solar Energy Facility -- LehighValleyNews: With $4.6 Keystone Goldwater Conference Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Climate Envoy Kerry: No Rolling Back Clean Energy Transition PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Inquirer: 100 Days: A Look At Shapiro’s ‘Common Ground’ Approach To Governing One Of The Nation’s Most Politically Divided States -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s House Takeover - A Tale Of Two Speakers - By Fmr Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. 17 [PaEN] -- NRCS-PA: Pennsylvania State Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Jan. 19 & Feb. 13 -- The Derrick: Seneca Rocks Audubon Holding Bird Seed Sale Until Jan. 19 & Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 18, 2023

Natural Gas Drops 7% To 3-Week Low On Milder Weather Forecasts PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Scranton Times Editorial: PA Lawmakers Prove Bigger Isn’t Better -- PA Gaming Control Board Reports February Gaming Revenue Up 22% Over Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

6:00 to 9:00 p.m. -- French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust: June 11 - French Creek Iron Tour - Cycling For Open Space. Capitol Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: April 14, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2023

-- UnionProgress.com: PA Turnpike Adding Solar Panels To New Stanton Office As Part Of Sustainability Effort -- Utility Dive: State Regulators - Including PA - Urge PJM To Speed Interconnection For New Generation In Face Of Power Plant Retirements -- Wilkes-Barre Times: EPA Announces Nationwide Funding For Electric School Buses In Nanticoke -- PA Resources (..)

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2023

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The big reservoirs on the Colorado River continued to shrink as a warming climate and inadequate conservation dry out the basin. Two weeks ago, the Zambezi River Authority ordered the operators of Kariba Dam to halt hydropower generation through at least January 2023, worsening electricity shortages in Zimbabwe and Zambia.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2023

Here’s the bottom line: Because of decades of politically motivated inaction from policymakers, especially in richer countries, and the greed of fossil fuel companies bent on extracting every last bit of profit, scientific projections show that we are currently on a trajectory to exceed 1.5˚C Even at about 1.1˚C

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 30, 2023

This political rollercoaster ride was also unfolding across last year’s Danger Season , stressing the urgency of the need to act big, and act now. The same partisan politics that delayed the IRA’s passage also carved some flaws into the bill. Then, suddenly, we learned that the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) had passed the Senate.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Shell faces lawsuit from climate change activists over fossil fuels Reuters | April 5, 2019 Environmentalist and human rights groups said on Friday they had started a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force the energy firm to cut its reliance on fossil fuels.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2022

One caveat: these great soil and plant carbon sequestration opportunities should not be used to offset the fossil fuel emissions from other sectors; they are still too hard to measure, can be reversed, and are needed to balance out agricultural emissions that are not eliminated.) FARMING FOR OUR FUTURE, CH. Policy opportunities abound.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 4, 2023

April 4, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. Also split by the Ontario-Quebec border, and the state of New York just to the east, Akwesasne’s sovereignty faces numerous legal and political obstacles.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The PJM Interconnection , the regional electric grid operator that includes Pennsylvania, has issued a Cold Weather Alert and declared Conservative Operations throughout the PJM footprint for February 3–4 in anticipation of frigid temperatures. With the Cold Weather Alert and a preceding Cold Weather Advisory issued Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 15, 2023

Billion Over 4 Years -- Independent Fiscal Office: Budget Impact Of New Union Contract FY 24-25 - $696 Million -- The Center Square: In-State Tuition At Penn State, University Of Pittsburgh Among Costliest Nationwide -- York Dispatch: Dr. Oz Repaid Himself $1.2

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Law and Environment

MAY 12, 2023

After weeks of hints and leaks, yesterday morning (May 11, 2023), EPA proposed a new rule regulating emissions from power plants. Yet because of the politics of climate change, the rule will almost certainly be subject to a similar challenge. The Social Cost of Carbon has served as a punching bag for conservatives.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 27, 2023

His estimated net worth is at least $26 Million dollars as of June 2023. Lobbied government incessantly In the first quarter 2023, Imperial Oil, CAPP, and the Pathways Alliance (the companies and associations Corson works for or represents) had 66 lobby meetings with government officials.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2023

16 Kickoff Webinar [PaEN] -- DCNR Blog: Forests Help With Climate Change -- DCNR Blog: Using Fossils To Determine The Age Of Rocks -- Penn State Extension: Oct. 16 Kickoff Webinar [PaEN] -- DCNR Blog: Forests Help With Climate Change -- DCNR Blog: Using Fossils To Determine The Age Of Rocks -- Penn State Extension: Oct.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 24, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen There can be no doubt that, despite it not being much of a surprise amongst the followers of climate science, 2023 is confirmed to be the warmest year ever recorded. On the deal itself, the big issue was whether there was going to be a reference to fossil fuels in the final agreement.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

On October 31, 2023 at 2:00 pm (CT) Diane will lead a global hunger strike against Formosa Plastics, her fourth hunger strike. On October 31, 2023 at 2:00 pm (CT) Diane will lead a global hunger strike against Formosa Plastics, her fourth hunger strike. billion complex in St. She hopes to bring justice to the Vietnamese fisherman.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 27, 2024

This could be a sign of things to come if other conservative states ban local ordinances meant to protect residents from climate-related health risks. In June 2023, Texas Gov. Swamp Politics Florida’s recent legislation is a backwards approach to climate policy. Here’s how you know that it’s all political maneuvering.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Pursue Your Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment In Pennsylvania House next voting day Dec. 11, 12, 13 -- Committee Schedule Senate next voting day Dec. 11, 12, 13 -- Committee Schedule -- Click Here for Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2023

Who’s Responsible For Cleaning It Up? -- The Nature Conservancy Receives $4.25 Million In Combined Investments For Appalachians. -- The Nature Conservancy Receives $4.25 Million In Combined Investments For Appalachians.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2023

-- PA Capital-Star: House Committee Revisits Water Utility Privatization Law As Consumers Face Soaring Water, Sewer Bills -- Inquirer: How PA Became A Dumping Ground For Discarded Artificial Turf Containing PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ On Dauphin And Wyoming County Farms -- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Western PA Photographers Take Top Honors For Shooting (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2024

March 19-- House Game & Fisheries Committee informational meeting on Fish & Boat Commission’s 2023 Annual Report. March 20-- House Game & Fisheries Committee informational meeting on Game Commission’s 2023 Annual Report. Wallace, at twallace@pa.gov or (717) 783-6395. Read more here on agenda. Room 523, Irvis Building.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- Myers Family Farm In Centre County Receives 2023 PA Leopold Conservation Award [PaEN] -- PA Dept. 16; Snowmobile/ATV Grants Feb. 18 [PaEN] -- Still Time To Register! 16; Snowmobile/ATV Grants Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2023

to Noon. -- Penn State Extension Ag Conservation Currents: New Director Of Ag Conservation Training; Funding For Farm Conservation Practices Available; Ag Conservation Assistance Program; More! 6 Lake Management Workshop In Wilkes-Barre , 9:00 a.m. 6 Lake Management Workshop In Wilkes-Barre , 9:00 a.m.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 20, 2024

24 DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council To Feature Discussion Of Growing Outdoor Recreation For PA Report, Recommendations [PaEN] -- DEP Extends Deadline For Comments On Proposed Grant Program To Reduce Industrial Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions To Jan. 15 Webinar Update On Large-Scale Solar; What Is Agrivoltaics?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2023

Other States/National/International -- Bloomberg: Here’s How Much Top US Polluters Must Cut Methane Emissions To Avoid Fees -- AP: U.S. Other States/National/International -- Bloomberg: Here’s How Much Top US Polluters Must Cut Methane Emissions To Avoid Fees -- AP: U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Threads PA Environment Digest Feed Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: November 2, 2023] PA Environment Digest 15 Webinar [PaEN] -- WTAE: Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

to Noon -- Reminder: State Conservation Commission Seeking Proposals To Reduce Nutrient, Sediment Loads In Priority Watersheds, Due Nov. . -- DEP Notice: OnBase Database Will Be Disabled For Scheduled Maintenance TODAY From 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. 16 Statewide Virtual Applicant Workshop For DCNR Grants , 9:00 a.m.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 31, 2023

8 Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Workshop, In-Person & Virtual -- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Want To Be A Citizen Scientist? 8 Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Workshop, In-Person & Virtual -- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Want To Be A Citizen Scientist? .;

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